Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-12 Thread Torsten Wagner
Hi Andreas, thanks for the reply. I'm a long time user of babel already. Thus, I am pretty sure it will be part of the solution :) Thanks again for confirmation Torsten On 11 March 2013 12:07, Andreas Röhler andreas.roeh...@easy-emacs.dewrote: Am 11.03.2013 11:52, schrieb Torsten Wagner:

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-12 Thread Torsten Wagner
Hi, yeah, org-mode is extremely flexible. I guess by time one can map all kind of different aspects of teaching to org-mode. I'm a bit concerned about the long-time support. Org-mode is a very active project. I guess I can't assume that I can generate my 5 year old export files without

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-12 Thread Torsten Wagner
Hi Terry, I second the request. A example file would be great. Esp. how you configured the exporters to export partially and across several files. Did you integrate babel code as well? Would really be glad to hear more. Thanks Torsten On 11 March 2013 21:30, T.F. Torrey tftor...@tftorrey.com

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-12 Thread Torsten Wagner
Hi Brian, Hi Torsten, I thought I'd muddy your waters by throwing a contrary voice into the mix :-) N do not destroy my view of a perfect world ;) I've been refining the way I manage my college and uni teaching with org for 5+ years, now. I am making extensive use of the

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-12 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia 2013-03-11, o godz. 23:02:46 Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl napisał(a): Also, here is something which some of you might find interesting: http://acrotex.net/ (tl;dr: it is a LaTeX-based, partly free, partly commercial suite for producing educational materials, among others

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-12 Thread Jay Kerns
Hello, On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl wrote: Dnia 2013-03-11, o godz. 23:02:46 Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl napisał(a): [snip] Many comments. - You can set up a single org file with tagged headings, like this: * These are my slides

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-11 Thread Torsten Wagner
Hi Thorsten, thanks for the links. I will look into them. Actually the topic is not exactly OT, I'm looking for a meta-system which helps me to keep all those different things together. Hopefully, in a way which allows me to generate different kind of course material from the same sources. I was

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-11 Thread Andreas Röhler
Am 11.03.2013 11:52, schrieb Torsten Wagner: Hi Thorsten, thanks for the links. I will look into them. Actually the topic is not exactly OT, I'm looking for a meta-system which helps me to keep all those different things together. Hopefully, in a way which allows me to generate different kind

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-11 Thread W. Greenhouse
Hi Torsten, Torsten Wagner torsten.wag...@gmail.com writes: Actually the topic is not exactly OT, I'm looking for a meta-system which helps me to keep all those different things together. Hopefully, in a way which allows me to generate different kind of course material from the same sources. 

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-11 Thread T.F. Torrey
Hello Thorsten, Torsten Wagner torsten.wag...@gmail.com writes: Actually the topic is not exactly OT, I'm looking for a meta-system which helps me to keep all those different things together. Hopefully, in a way which allows me to generate different kind of course material from the same

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-11 Thread Brian van den Broek
On 9 March 2013 17:21, Torsten Wagner torsten.wag...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I plan to create new course materials for teaching at university level. snip I'm looking for a system which enables me to keep all materials together and to reuse as much as possible the same source files. E.g., for

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-11 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia 2013-03-11, o godz. 13:30:41 tftor...@tftorrey.com (T.F. Torrey) napisał(a): Hello Thorsten, Torsten Wagner torsten.wag...@gmail.com writes: Actually the topic is not exactly OT, I'm looking for a meta-system which helps me to keep all those different things together. Hopefully,

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-11 Thread Marco
Hi list, and Terry, This is more or less precisely the structure I use for managing my work. I maintain each project as one Org file, keeping together all related text, todo lists, spreadsheets, web pages, letters, and even files like SVG files. This way I can add just one file (per project)

Re: [O] Create course material with org-mode

2013-03-09 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Torsten Wagner torsten.wag...@gmail.com writes: I plan to create new course materials for teaching at university level. slightly OT, but you could have a look at LaTeX package ,-- | http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox `-- and its